oule
See also: oulé
English
Noun
oule (plural oules)
- Obsolete spelling of owl
Anagrams
- loue
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Occitan ola (“marmite”).
Noun
oule f (plural oules)
- cauldron, handleless earthen pot, marmite
- (geography) pothole, water cavity
- (geography, by extension) watercourse that contains such a pothole
- (by extension) town or village located near such a fluvial feature
Mauritian Creole
Alternative forms
- ule
Etymology
From French vouloir.
Verb
oule auxiliary
- To want (to do something)
Middle English
Alternative forms
- owle, ule, howle, owlle, oul
Etymology
Inherited from Old English ūle, from Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈuːl(ə)/
Noun
oule (plural oules)
- owl (the order Strigiformes).
- (derogatory) An insult, especially applied to the Devil.
- (heraldry, rare) An owl on a blazon.
Descendants
- English: owl
- Scots: oul, ool
References
- “ǒule, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-4.